Reasons to Use Online Healthcare Compliance Training

As a healthcare organization, you already know that there are certain laws and regulations in place that you need to follow. But, that’s the easy part. What’s more difficult, though, is providing proof. You need to show that your organization makes consistent efforts towards complying with those laws.

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Even though being “fully compliant” isn’t an attainable goal, it’s still something you have to make an effort towards. If you don’t, you’ll get slammed with a fine the moment an audit comes your way.

If you’re a medical professional, you know I’m referring to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In other words, you recognize that it exists to keep the sensitive information for every patient private and secure.

One of the most heavily emphasized requirements within HIPAA is employee training. The law mentions this in both the Privacy Rule and Security Rule.

Both sections state that training your employees on the intricacies of the respective section is a requirement. However, they don’t say when, or how often to require your team to attend a training session or what format they should be in.

The first and number one reason why you should implement online healthcare compliance training is because of its availability and time savings.

We live in a world where patients can virtually summon their physicians at the palm of their hand through telemedicine technologies and doctors can monitor their clients from a remote location with help from mHealth technology.

In other words, the healthcare industry is starting to realize the benefits of electronic experiences. When you make your offer your employees online compliance training, you won’t have to worry about scheduling a meeting with all or a group of your employees. Instead, you can send out and assign your session when you want to and set a deadline.

From there, your employees will be able to access the module you sent out from wherever, whenever, on whichever device they want to. They won’t have to worry about stopping what they’re working on and physically bring themselves to a room for an in-person training session.

With in-person training, it takes 10 minutes and 40 seconds on average to get started between introductions and small talk.

The second reason to use online healthcare compliance training is that it creased engagement and retention. Let’s face it, the traditional classroom setting isn’t very exciting.

I’m not saying that to offend the teachers, instructors or professors of the world. I’m merely trying to say that there’s a reason why the majority of kids didn’t like school growing up.

When I say traditional teaching, what do you think of? Depending on your generation, you might have a different idea as to what that looks like. To me, a Millennial, I get flashbacks of teachers using those old projector screens with clear laminated material and Vis-a-Vis markers. I always thought that those plastic sheets of paper that reflected on the wall were cool looking. I also remember daydreaming often.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t change that much in our careers. Almost 40% of employees admit to daydreaming during meetings and conference calls.
Meanwhile, The Research of America found that online courses increase student retention rates by 25-60%.

Third, online healthcare compliance training gives your employees independence. It’s no secret that people work better at their own pace. After all, experts actually think it’s dangerous for organizations to take on an overly fast-paced mindset as it leads to more mistakes.

The only way to make compliance training independent in any capacity is to host it online. This section goes hand-in-hand with the previous one. Switching from in-person to electronic allows your employees to work through your requirement on their time. They won’t have to plan their week around an upcoming meeting anymore. Instead, they can complete their online assignment when they have downtime.

Brian Hall Group determined that it takes 40-60% less time to get through an eLearning session than it does a traditional setting.
Since your newly implemented electronic sessions won’t take nearly as long, your employees will be much more inclined to complete them in the off-hours. Even if they don’t they’ll still feel an overwhelming sense of relief when they realize how much more time they have in their day upon completion.

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